# Dmitry Olegovich Pavlov

No alias recorded

Charged, Publicly wanted

Public record reviewed to August 20, 2026

Index entry last updated August 21, 2026

Operated and administered the servers that ran Hydra Market.

Every charge in this entry is an allegation. No conviction is recorded.

- Charged in the US with operating and administering the servers underpinning Hydra Market.
- At large.

Everything on this page comes from cited public sources.

This entry records 2 actions across 1 takedown, each traced to a cited source. Every linked takedown sits in the verified core of this index. Where the record is silent, this page says so rather than filling the gap.

Legal summary

**Associated takedowns:** [Hydra Market server seizure](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/hydra-market-server-seizure)

**Recorded role:** Operated and administered the servers that ran Hydra Market

**Group segment:** Facilitator

**Charging authority:** United States Department of Justice

**Charging jurisdiction:** United States

**Case number:** Not published

**Latest recorded action:** Charged, April 2022

**Nationality:** Russia

**Country of residence:** Russia

- [Associated takedowns](https://takedownindex.org/people/dmitry-olegovich-pavlov)
- [Legal history](https://takedownindex.org/people/dmitry-olegovich-pavlov/legal-history)
- [Charges](https://takedownindex.org/people/dmitry-olegovich-pavlov/charges)
- [Sources](https://takedownindex.org/people/dmitry-olegovich-pavlov/sources)

## Sources

Every claim on this person's pages traces to one of the entries below.

Official announcements come first, then the reporting that supports individual details.

1 source cited across 2 recorded actions

1. [1]
[Justice Department Investigation Leads to Shutdown of Largest Online Darknet Marketplace](https://takedownindex.org/sources/united-states-department-of-justice-justice-department-investigation-leads-to-sh)

United States Department of Justice, April 5, 2022 Government release Source grade P1

US charges against Dmitry Pavlov, marketplace scale, parallel sanctions

No address recorded for this source. Publisher, title, and date are given so it can be retrieved from the publisher.

Coverage note. Nothing on this page rests on an uncited claim. Where a source is silent on an outcome, this entry leaves the outcome unstated rather than inferring one. Every linked takedown sits in the verified core of this index.